An interesting story and a good performance by Paul Douglas made this an entertaining watch.

The classic guy-on-ledge-threatening-suicide movie. Many good performances, including a standout by Robert Keith (Brian Keith's dad) as the disturbed man's estranged father.

You know how old-timey movies have the scene of the guy on the ledge about to jump? That's this entire movie. Predictable, but very well done, with good photography and a stellar performance by Paul Douglas as the good-natured cop. The side stories about the onlookers and how it affects their lives are perhaps superfluous, but they're nice and they give the story a little breathing room. Bonus points for the dig at religious nutjobs, but points off for the unnecessary psychological explanation.

Novel concept, but it would have been tricky to make it work, and this script just does not deliver. Dialogue like "Life stinks and you know it! It's a rat race! It's a rat race! It's a rat race! / Sure, but there's a lot in it that's okay / What? / Well, maybe I should get a preacher or somebody like that to explain it to you" just doesn't cut it for me, nor do the improbable details of the plot, and the acting is pretty hammy too.